Shoe ornament



J51) 31, 1923- v 1,463,531 G. c. KENNEDY- SHOE ORNAMENT ,Filed'May 9,1921 Patented July 31, 1923.

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stares GEORGE COLV IN KENNEDY, OF WATERLOO, IOVJA.

Application filed May 9, 1921. Serial No. 468,188.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, GEORGE CoLvrN KEN-NEDY, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident ofWaterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shoe Ornaments, of which the following is aspecification. 7

My invention relates to improvements in 10 ornaments, and the object ofmy improvement is to furnish suitable means for removably mounting anornamental body upon the outer or usually visible wall of a shoe.

This object I have accomplished by the means which arehereinafterdescribed and claimed, and which are illustrated in the ac- 2on 0 osite sides of a shoe heel 1 said display device being a flexiblestrip or ribbon 19 positioned to cross the vamp. Each said plate'Q is ofan ornamental configuration having a hole to receive a nail 7, thelatter having an enlarged head projecting outwardly from said plate. hasa socketlo to releasably seat said nailhead, the clip-plate also havinga transverse slot 18 through which a gathered end of the ribbon 19 maybepassed to be then stitched to the under side of the ribbon. Any desired means may be provided to keep the middle part of the ribbon 19spread apart, r

A. clipplate 17 V such as ,a stiffening strip secured across the A underside of the ribbon, or the means may be an ornamental bar 20, havingpartially upper part of a shoe in full view, but may be removed ininclement weather, the plates 2 remaining as permanent ornaments on theheel. I

The strip 19 may be secured to theheel or sole of a shoe by any othermeans, and carried across any part of the shoe without departing from myinvention.

Having-described. my invention, what I.

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An ornamental device, comprising or namental objects mounted onopposite parts of a shoe, and a flexible strip .detachably connectedbetween said objects.

The ribbon may 1 I have the college colors and will decorate thev 2. Anornamental device, comprising or namental objects mounted on oppositesides of a shoe, and a flexible strip crossing the shoe vamp with itsends rele asably attached to said objects.

8. An ornamental device, comprising en gaging-meansmounted on oppositeparts of a shoe heel, and an ornamental flexible stri connected betweensaid' engaging-means and crossing theupper of the shoe.

1. An ornamental device, comprising engaging-means mounted on oppositesides of a'shoe, a flexible ornamental stripcrossing' the shoe vampwithlits ends releasably con-fnected to said engaging-means, and meansmounted medially upon said strip to keep it spread out. v

Signed at Waterloo,

Iowa, this 3d day'of. May, 1921.

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